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Calangute Beach

 
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Calangute, 16km from Panaji, Goa

Highlight
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Goa's busiest beach with good seafood; parasailing, wind surfing and water-skiing facilities

Best time to visit
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November- March

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Calangute beach, located 16km from Panaji, the capital of Goa  is popularly known as the 'Queen of the Goan Beaches'. This splendid palm-fringed beach is the most popular holiday resort in Goa, often crowded with people. 

Calangute is situated on the shores of the Arabia Sea in North Goa and encircled by the villages of Arpora-Nagoa, Saligao and Candolim, in the Bardez taluk. Calangute covers several sub-beaches, including Baga and Anjuna beaches. The beach and the fishing village was a favorite hideout of the hippies in the 70's and 80's.  It was the hippies who discovered this pristine beach in the late 60s. Today, Calangute beach symbolise Goa's reputation as a haven for beach lovers.

Calangute was not the original name of the beach, but a  Portuguese distortion of the originally Goan name of  "Koli Gutti", which means the land of the fishermen. Some people refer to it as Kolyianguttti, Kalangutti (village of art) Kolngutt, Kongott or Konvallo-ghott ( pit of the coconut tree) because of the abundance of coconut trees found here. 

Known for its idyllic beauty, Calangute attracts thousands of tourists. It is now Goa’s busiest and most commercialised  resort. The beach is very crowded during daytime with locals and tourists. Laid with golden sand and no rocks, it is ideal for lazing around in the sun and swimming. The beach stretch is full of shacks and stalls selling delicious seafood and beer, seashell trinkets etc and hawkers selling sarongs. A lot of shows are held on the beach including rock and pop shows, open air dances and fetes. There are facilities for water sports activities such as para sailing, water-skiing and wind surfing which starts by afternoon when the wind is blowing in the right direction, and ends at sunset. A beginner can take some diving lessons or embark on fishing trips and Dolphin cruises.


 
 
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